First the easy answer; treating the home with one of the methods listed in our FLEA CONTROL ARTICLE will do the job. Since you just got the kitten, I strongly recommend the ONCE A YEAR FLEA TREATMENT combined with at least 1 FLEA TRAP. This process is both easy and highly effective.

Second, puppies or kittens under the age of 12 weeks old are at a disadvantage for treating since there are almost no remedies that have animals this young on the label. The only item we know is safe to use is ECO EXEMPT. Essentially made from food, this item is federally exempt and considered a low impact type product. As such it has a lot of label advantages including a section that allows for the treatment of pets with no age restrictions.

Here are direct links to the products and information mentioned above:

Flea Control Article:  http://www.flea.net/flea-control

Once A Year Flea Treatment:  http://www.bugspraycart.com/insecticide/dust/first-defense-20-ounce-jar

Flea Trap:  http://www.bugspraycart.com/traps/electric/flea-trap

ECO Exempt:  http://www.bugspraycart.com/exempt/liquid/eco-excempt-gal

If you read through our FLEA CONTROL ARTICLE, you’ll learn the three areas where fleas like to reproduce are on pets, in the house and in the yard. The most common is on the pet but it sounds like you’re handling your dog just fine. But what about the inside of the home? This is the second most likely place where they’re inclined to develop. And as our article explains, pets are where fleas want to be so since you’re seeing just 1-2 on your dog at a time, I’m pretty sure it’s the home that’s causing the problem.

Now if the pet had hundreds of fleas in her fur, you’d no doubt be seeing some too. But just 1-2? That’s a sure sign flea eggs must have landed in the home some time in the past year and now you’ve got some pupae laying around waiting for a meal (pet).

The least I’d recommend is to get some FLEA TRAPS and then install them around the house. At least 2; 4 would be ideal. This will enable you to monitor the problem. But even if it turned out you don’t have many if any fleas in the home, I’d still say to go ahead and get the carpet treated with the ONCE A YEAR GRANULES that work so well at controlling most anything that wants to live in the carpet.

Lastly, the outside could be involved. But in most cases (95%+), it’s either the pet or the home that’s the cause. Once you get these areas treated if you still see fleas you can consider treating the outside with one of the products we have listed but for now, I’d focus in on the home.

Here are direct links to the information and products listed above:

Flea Control Article:  http://www.flea.net/flea-control

Flea Traps:  http://www.bugspraycart.com/traps/electric/flea-trap

Once A Year Granules:  http://www.bugspraycart.com/insecticide/dust/first-defense-2-lb

Go with the ONCE A YEAR FLEA POWDER and FLEA TRAPS. By far the most effective. Combine this with the fact that it’s odorless, nothing that will cause you to have to evacuate the house for any length of time and that it won’t hurt the carpet, this is really the best way to treat. The Traps will really help speed up the removal of the pupae too so be sure and have enough installed.

Here are direct links to the information and products listed above:

Once a Year Flea Treatment:  http://www.bugspraycart.com/insecticide/dust/first-defense-2-lb

Flea Traps:  http://www.bugspraycart.com/traps/electric/flea-trap

Inside Flea Control:  http://www.flea.net/flea-control#once-a-year-treatment

So I need to know all the cat friendly treatments for the house. Can flea traps be used to get the fleas under furniture that can’t be moved? Is there any flea treatment for cat’s which isn’t harmful if used too often or with other flea treatments? And how on earth do we treat the house quickly enough?

If you take some time to read through our FLEA CONTROL ARTICLE, you’ll learn there are some basic things about fleas which will make the process of solving this problem a lot easier than what you anticipate. Based on your questions above, there are a lot of things about fleas you appear to misunderstand and no doubt our article will help you see a lot of what you’re worried about is unfounded. This in turn will give you the confidence needed to treat the house and do so with the proper expectations, time line and mind set.

First and foremost, it sounds like the cat is clearly responsible for the fleas getting active in the home. But as you’ll learn in our article, there are many reasons why a flea problem can start in any house. In fact, about half our customers are people who don’t own a pet so your situation is far from “odd”. Other things you’ll learn will be that fleas don’t migrate off pets; it’s the eggs that fall from an egg laying female which will cause all the trouble whether this female is on a local animal or person. And all it takes is one of these in the home and she can lay hundreds of eggs leading to a massive problem. And if you’ve seen more than one or two fleas, there could be very well have been thousands of eggs distributed around the home so the potential is very real any where an egg laying flea is able to access.

You’ll also learn in our article there is no need to treat the outside since you don’t have pets using the yard on a daily basis. Additionally, there is no reason to worry whether or not the cat has been treated and we most definitely have a flea treatment that will be very safe to you, the cat  and the local environment. But amidst all this “good news”, there is one thing you’ll learn which I’m sure you won’t appreciate. There is no way to solve the problem quickly. As explained in our article, the third stage of the flea – known as the pupae – takes awhile to fully develop. More importantly, it won’t hatch out till it has a target on which to land. And since it can stay dormant for several months, it’s quite possible the flea problem will last that long. In other words, since you can’t kill the pupae, you’ll only be flea free when all of the pupae in your home hatch out and just how long this will take is anyone’s guess. So where do you start?

At this time I strongly recommend getting some FLEA TRAPS installed. These will no doubt help. They’ll get flea pupae to hatch, they’ll trap out quite a bit of fleas which then won’t be able to bite and they’ll serve as a great monitoring device to let you know where the bulk of the problem exists. In the end, Flea Traps are a great tool to employ.

You should also apply some of our ONCE A YEAR FLEA GRANULES to all the carpeting in the home. This product is so mild it won’t even kill adult fleas but it will take care of the larvae which is critical when solving flea problems. And there is no reason to use HOUSE FOGGERS. They’ll disperse chemical all over and most of what they treat aren’t important when it comes to flea control. Additionally, they won’t kill the flea pupae so withing a day of using them active fleas will be seen and felt as explained in this post:

http://www.flea.net/fogger-bombs/foggers-for-fleas-not-working.html

This is why we don’t recommend using them and if you stick to the Flea Granules and Flea Traps, we’re sure you’ll achieve success. More importantly, you’ll be doing this in a simple, long lasting method that’s easy to do, does not involve any complicated “set up” and won’t displace anyone in the home during the process.

Here are direct links to the information and products listed above:

Flea Control Article:  http://www.flea.net/flea-control

Flea Traps:  http://www.bugspray.com/catalog/products/page22.html

Once a Year Flea Carpet Treatment:  http://www.bugspray.com/catalog/products/page23.html

House Foggers:  http://www.bugspray.com/item/indoor_insect_fogger.html

It’s fairly common to have a cat which gets some fleas so don’t feel too badly. The key is to take care of the problem once it starts so the pet doesn’t have to suffer needlessly. The ONCE A YEAR FLEA TREATMENT is a great way to treat the house. It’s easy to apply, safe to the people and pets inside and lasts a long time. When done properly, treatments should last a year or more.

FLEA TRAPS should be installed if you’re seeing fleas throughout the house which you didn’t mention. As explained in our FLEA CONTROL ARTICLE, the pupae of the flea cannot be killed so seeing some following the treatment is to be expected. A few fleas would be tolerable but if you think there are too many around, set out some traps to help minimize this last phase of the problem. Usually within a few weeks the average problem is handled and no longer active.

Flea bombs or total release aerosols aren’t going to provide real flea control in the home. Once the flea cycle is established, it will take a few treatments with one of our professional grade products to get the flea cycle stopped. For now, I suggest you review our online article about FLEA CONTROL. In the article you’ll learn why this pest is such a problem once the flea cycle is started. You’ll also learn all the treatment options that we know work based on years of experience.

Once you do some reading you should be able to decide if you want to spray with some PERMETHRIN and IGR or if you are more inclined to use the ONCE A YEAR FLEA TREATMENT. If you set this powder out along with some FLEA TRAPS, you’ll eventually get the cycle broken and the problem will be pretty much under control. To help during the last part of the problem, you might want to use some FLEA BOMBS but again, they’re really only good at killing the hatched out adults and till you have either the spray or granules listed above applied, I wouldn’t be using anything else.

Here are direct links to the information and products listed above:

Flea Control Article:  http://www.flea.net/flea-control

Permethrin: http://www.bugspray.com/catalog/products/page20.html

IGR:  http://www.bugspray.com/catalog/products/page239.html

Once A Year Treatment:  http://www.bugspray.com/catalog/products/page23.html

Flea Traps:  http://www.bugspray.com/catalog/products/page22.html

Flea Bombs:  http://www.bugspray.com/item/indoor_insect_fogger.html

The original Flea Terminator has been out of production for several years. We have a similar product that works just as well. Known as Dr’s Flea Treatment, it’s a dry powder that you simply sprinkle out onto carpeting, broom in and leave where it will control fleas for a year or more. We find it’s very effective and ideal for treatments before you have an actual flea problem. If you have live fleas at the time of treatment, we recommend setting up some Flea Traps to help break the flea cycle as explained in our Flea Control Article.

Fleas are commonly brought into the yard by animals like squirrels and cats. But trying to figure out where the fleas are coming from isn’t productive. What would be more productive would be to put out some flea treatment in the yard to the fleas left behind won’t be able to get on your dog or lead to futher problems in the future. I suggest you review our on line flea control article which talks abouts treating the yard. Apply some of the Bifen Granules out there and you should be able to keep the fleas at bay and still enjoy your bird feeder.

Get the Stinger Relief. It comes in small little swabs you simply apply to the bite. Stinger Relief will take the itch away and let the bite heal up much faster. The Stinger Stopper isn’t a bad choice either but it goes on yellow so adults don’t seem to like it like the kids do. One a side note, be sure to get some of the Flea Traps to place out after you treat. The traps will collect any adults and really cut down on you getting any new flea bites so they’re well worth the investment